Inkwell cover



June 10 1924.

C. A. FORD INKWELL COVER Filed May 9, 1921 ATTOR EY- Patented June 10, 1924.

FICE.

CHARLES A. FORD, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

INKWELL COVER.

Application filed May 9, 1921. $eria1 No. 467,828.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. F0111), a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Orange, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkwell Covers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved cover for an ink well, which cover is of the kind that is hollowed or depressed and has a ball seated on a hole in the lowest part of the cover so as to form a closure, the ball being pushed out of the way by the "pen when the pen is forced down be tween the wall and the edge of the hole.

The invention comprises the provision of a depressed portion in the hollow part of the cover, which depressed portion is about the size of the ball and act-s as a retainer therefor.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ink well provided with my improved cover, and Figure 2 is a vertical section through the centre of the device shown in Figure 1.

The ink well is shown at 10 and can be of any usual type, the well 11 therein being surrounded at the top by a ridge 12. The cover can be made of any suitable material, but I prefer to make it of glass, this cover 13 having a flange 14 on the edge which surrounds the ridge 12 and holds the cover against sliding, the cover'being shaped like a bowl and being somewhat extensive in area to permit material movement of the ball 15, which ball seats itself normally by gravity in a hole 16 in the centre of the cover.

This ball 15 is usually made of glass, and when a pen is to be dipped in the ink it is sim ly slid down alongside the ball, which r0 ls the ball out of the way and the pen can then be clipped down into the well, and when the pen is withdrawn the ball rolls back on the hole 16. The ball is of a size so that a considerable portion of it is above the hole, so that it is easily displaced.

In my improved cover I put a depression 17 adjacent the edge, which depression 17 is large enough to hold the ball and to prevent it rolling down in the bowl-like cover, so that when a pen is being used that requires frequent dipping, or if for any other reason the writer desires to temporarily remove the ball, it can be given a slight flip by the pen and it rolls up the incline of the bowl-like cover into the depression 17 and stays there. A slight push will not roll sideways and its seating in the depression 17 is easy.

I claim:

1. An ink well cover shaped like a bowl with a hole in the center and having a depression near its outer edge, and a ball adapted to be held over the hole in the center or in the depression by gravity and being free to roll without hindrance to the hole in the center except when in the depression.

2. An ink well cover shaped like a bowl with a hole in the center and having a depression'near its outer edge, and a ball adapted to be held over the hole in the center or in the depression by gravity and being free to roll without hindrance to the hole in the center except when in the depression, the bowl having a slightly depressed groove extending from the rim of the depression toward the hole in the center.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereto set my hand, this 7th day of May, 1921.

CHAS. A. FORD. 

